Claim and Tell

Claim

Claim verb - To state as a fact usually forcefully.

Tell and claim are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tell" instead a verb "Claim".

Nearby Words: claimed, claiming, claimant

Tell

Tell verb - To give an oral or written account of in some detail.

Claim and tell are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Claim" instead a verb "Tell".

Nearby Words: telling, teller

Common collocations

name claim name tell name
time claim time tell time
world claim world tell world
mother claim mother tell mother
Other words: nothing.

Both words in one sentence

  • Praising Shows You Don't Watch There are certain fangirls who claim to love games like Kingdom Hearts and will tell you all about their ships, but have never actually played the games.
  • Literature / Wayside School Jewls and Louis don't support her claim, and tell the kids that they can help Santa by doing things like acting nice and singing happy songs.
  • He does, however, claim to have Romany blood—whether this is true or just another part of the Byron mystique is hard to tell.
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